advance praise for Last Call:Like his idols Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin, McDonald employs street-smart prose to good effect, creating a fascinating account of the not-so-lush life. -Paul Di Filippo Barnes & Noble Review |
WorksIn the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood
The story of Connecticut's crime of the decade with incredible access to one of the accused. Last Call at Elaine’s: A Journey From One Side Of The Bar To The Other
You may be weary of redemption stories--but this is different. The richness is in the writing: detailed, funny and with a certain barroom pungency. Elaine, herself, has been written about dozens of times but never with such insight, such tenderness. Brian McDonald has a sharp eye and an even sharper ear for New York after dark. --Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes My Father’s Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years In The NYPD
Brilliant… a completely captivating read. Warm, observant, and heartfelt… A marvelous combination of Wambaugh’s police writing and Tobias Wolff’s wonderfully insightful family memoirs…McDonald does a superb job of showing his character’ connection to their place, time, and their relationships to one another… An American Classic --Flint Journal "A lucid chronicle." --The New Yorker Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket
"The story has all the elements of a grand tragedy, and Beth's life deserves this respectful chronicle." --Library Journal
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